The Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly devised a strategy to increase Indigenous workforce participation levels long-term through education, employment, and training.
The plan titled Aboriginal Workforce Participation Strategy was presented to stakeholders in Cobar on 27 February.
Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Collarenebri, Coonamble, Gulargambone, Lightning Ridge, and Walgett are included in the Murdi Paaki region among others.
"We have two main goals – for stakeholders to work collaboratively to meet Closing the Gap targets and timeframes in the Murdi Paaki Region while raising social and economic wellbeing, and for labour market policies to increase the . . .
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